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It's been a long day...

Today has been a really long day at work...as was last week. With the LSS closing, we've been so busy during our 50% close out sales that no one has been able to breath. Our feet and legs hurt from all the standing and running around we've been doing and backs from all the bending and lifting. We were supposed to close tomorrow 3/31, but have decided we'll finish out the week on Friday, 4/3 since the movers aren't coming until Saturday....maybe we'll get rid of more stuff so we don't have alot to pack up Friday night. It sure would be nice if we could sell it all.
Even though alot of us are sad to see the end come, it has been a fun 3 yrs and we all need a rest after this is over. It's so funny, we've done more in sales this week than we have in the last year--we have customers who have never shopped with us and former customers that we haven't seen in a year coming in and it's been crazy. They all say we're so sad to see you close, but we want to say right back---if you had been shopping here with us the last 6 to 12 mos we wouldn't be closing, but of course we can't---or can we?? Trying to be nice but it's hard when you see old customers who haven't shopped with us in a year come in and make comments like that....and complete strangers too. Anyway, it's almost over.
The good thing about this all is my DH and I are planning a road trip after April 10th to visit our son and his family in Tucson, AZ. We haven't seen them in a year and we're ready for this trip..and visit. Also, my DIL and I get to go to CKC Mesa on the 17th...I've never been so I'm looking forward to doing so, even if it is just to go to the Vendor Expo (can't take classes because we'll have our 4 yr old granddaughter with us).
Well, I'm tired so I'm going to end this here..post later.

WEEKEND IS ALMOST OVER..

This has been a really busy weekend..we've had my stepdaughter and her family here since Friday night for our granddaughter's first birthday on Saturday...they have just left to make the drive back home to Ohio, now I need to get the downstairs put back in order--after my poor hubby finishes his nap!!
I'm actually not looking forward to this next week or two because the scrapbook store is closing and this is our final saleout!! Boohoo, I'm out of a job!! It is a sad thing because I loved my job and all the great ladies that I've met over the past three years and now there will be no more of it. Now when I need supplies, I'll have to either get them at Hobby Lobby or Michael's or travel over an hour to the nearest store which is Archiver's...I guess I can do some stuff online but I like to see what I'm buying for real. Anyway, it's a sad thing to happen...just wish we could have made it through these bad economic times, but it's just not to be now. On the bright side, we will be making a trip out to Arizona soon to see my son and his family and I don't have to worry about who's going to work for me...it'll most likely be a good 12 days on the road, as my husband wants to take a side trip on the way home to visit a civil war battlefield--Shiloh, Tennessee. We'll see though what happens when he goes to the eye doctor and his regular doctor in two weeks before we make definite dates for traveling. I would like to leave here on April 14th so we can be in Arizona for my granddaughter's 4th birthday party on the 18th since we've never been there on her birthday and I think it would be fun to see her and all her little buddies.
Well, better get busy on the house and deciding what we're going to do for supper.

Spring has arrived!!!

It is an absolutely gorgeous day out---sunny and 72 degrees--quite a change from the cold temps we had this time last week. I do hope it stays this way from now on because we're all ready for warmer weather as our winter has been extremely long and cold this year. My DH is actually working in the yard today and loving every minute of it--he has cleared up some dead plants, trimmed up some bushes, and got the old lawn mower running...he wants to thatch the yard so this is a perfect day to do it.
I just got home from taking our tax info to the accountant--keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have to pay too much this year. Afterall, the government gets enough of our money and with our only income being my DH pension, we don't have alot to spare right now. Two more years and he'll be on Social Security too, which will help alot, then another year after that and I'll get SS!! God, I never thought I'd be looking forward to collecting SS!! LOL!! Yes, I do work PT at our LSS but if things don't get better there, they might not be around much longer--I sure hope that things improve because I really don't want to start a job search in this economy. We'll just have to see what happens in the next month or two.
Enough of this depressing talk--let's just concentrate on this lovely weather and the sunny days to come. My granddaughter's first birthday is this Saturday so the kids are coming in from Ohio so we can celebrate with a small family party...can't wait to see them, it's been a month since we saw the grandkids. I just wish my son and his family from Arizona could be there--it's been almost a year since I've seen them and I want to go out in the next month sometime for a visit and to celebrate my granddaughter's 4th birthday with her...it's April 10th, but I know it'll be closer to the end of the month before we can make it out there, if then. I just miss them all so much, but my son is extremely happy in his job with the Tucson P.D., so there is no chance that they'll move back home!
Well, I need to get some stuff done around the house---and excercise, yuck!! Post more later.

Will winter never end??

Here it is another cold day in Indiana...I am so tired of winter! It seems like this winter has been an extra long one since the cold came in really early last fall...and it appears that it doesn't want to go away any time soon. It makes a person just want to curl up in a blanket with a good book and do nothing else...okay, so there's housework and laundry to do, but it's not going to get done today, unfortunately, I have some outside errands to run--need to return two toys that I purchased for my granddaughter in Arizona because my son got confused and told me stuff that she already has--that's okay, I can use the money to get a couple of the bigs things she doesn't have. Also my DH wants to go to Sportsman's Warehouse since they announced that our store was going to close by May--he is so upset about this one because it's his favorite store and there isn't any others in our area that carry stuff he wants (fishing and camping wise). I can't believe that a town our size can't support the only store in the area that is like this....it specializes in hunting, fishing, and camping (outdoorsman stuff) and all the others are more sports related, i.e. golf, baseball, etc. It's a sad day for Brucie!!
Not much else going on in our little world...I did just help my son and DIL purchase a new bedroom set for my DGD--it's a set that has two twin beds (kind of bunk beds), attached dresser, desk, and some additional storage. With her small bedroom, they needed something that would accommodate all her stuff and this was perfect...I think they might call it a loft bed set but it's really neat and perfect for little Maxie's room. The kids actually had half the money, I just furnished the rest so they could get it purchased and Max's feet would no longer be hanging off the edge of the bed!! She's going to be 4 next month and is getting so tall that she has outgrown her little toddler bed...so grandma came to the rescue...now if my son's father will get off his A_ _, and get the mattresses he promised to provide, she'll be all set. Excuse my language---OOPS!!!
We did get some half way good news this week, my son isn't going to have back surgery just yet..the doctors decided to try to take care of his herniated disc with injections instead..sure hope this works because I hate to think about him having surgery and being laid up for such a long time. Not to mention, that would mean I would be flying out by myself to help take care of him and Maxie...and I really hate flying and by myself isn't something I want to think about. Anyway, I'm praying that this will work.
Something else that happened today that is good, my husband's crossed eye actually moved. Since his mini stroke the eye hasn't moved at all, but today it did, so this possibly means it's starting to heal---hope, hope!! Usually when he looks at stuff and tries to move the eye it goes nowhere but today it did so this is a good sign. Just hope I wasn't imagining things and that it really did move!! I'm trying to be optimistic about it.
That's my news for the week...now I need to run those errands and get out in this dreadful cold!

Sorry..long time no post...

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long ago that I updated my blog. Tells you how boring my life is, right?? Actually, we were gone from the 26th through March 2nd, so I didn't have the opportunity to update during that time. We went to visit friends in Tennessee--my DH was in Knoxville and I was near Chattanooga...might as well have stayed at home because the weather was rainy and cold there too!! Of course, this coming weekend, it's supposed to be sunny and in the 70's which figures -- can't take my DH anywhere that it doesn't rain or snow!! I swear we have crappy weather everywhere we go -- we were in a blizzard on May 1, 2008 in Wall, SD--who would have thought that would have happened? Well, that's what happens when my DH travels anywhere---crappy weather!! I keep telling him that we should rent him out to areas of the country having droughts since he seems to be the rainmaker. Anyway, we're back home and I"m back at work...that is until we hear what is going to happen with my son in Arizona. He has been having some severe back problems and will be going in for a MRI this Friday--they think that surgery will be what results from this...and if that happens I see at least a two week stay with him to help out taking care of him and my little granddaughter..just hope I can find a reasonable airline price. I've checked things out with Expedia and ticket prices are outrageous right now, probably because of spring break time is coming up, which I didn't think about. I even went to the individual airlines and prices weren't any better there either...just not good timing at all. And since we fly out of Indianapolis (closer for us), we get higher pricing and no direct flights to Tucson. Of course, I'd fly out of Midway if I could get up there--but there just isn't anyone who could drive me up there--it's a 2 1/2 hr trip for us to get there. We'll figure something out I'm sure if it comes to me having to go out.
Well, I'm getting tired so need to stop here...will try to do another update this week.